Descent prohibited

The history of graffiti in the Paris Metro, from 1984 to the present day.

Format 21 x 25 cm / 400 color pages / Hardcover [2011]

Descente*Interdite is a document.
The subway tagger: a figure known to everyone that ultimately no one knows. Based on a colossal archive work, from 1984 to the present day, and thanks to an in-depth knowledge of the discipline and its masters, over 400 pages, the author interviews many of the major players in this scene. underground and mysterious. More than 1,200 photos, documents, newspaper articles. Testimonials from managers, RATP inspectors and photographers. A journey into an unknown and fantastical universe, of lives dedicated to a forbidden activity that pays nothing. The work also proposes, in hollow, a reflection on art, the position of the artist, the consequences of creation, the apprehension of the law and the prohibition, and on its place in a life...